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Rhineura hatcheri Reptile Jaw #3

$35.00

Fossil Reptile Collection

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Description

  • Rhineura hatcheri
  • Oligocene
  • Orella Member, Brule Formation
  • Dawes County, Nebraska
  • This is a jaw section that measures approx. 1/8″ long and will come in the 1.25″ gem jar as shown.  Fossils from this legless lizard are EXTREMELY RARE

Rhineura is a member of Amphisbaenia, a group of reptiles which comprises the worm lizards… a lineage (160 species) of mostly limbless burrowing squamates.  The amphisbaenian skull classically has been difficult to study due to its small size.